Earth crosses through Saturn’s “ring plane,” making the gas giant’s most iconic feature become nearly invisible ...

Paper is an apt analogy here because Saturn's rings are very thin. According to NASA, Saturn's rings average about 30 feet in ...

For a few days starting this weekend, Saturn’s iconic rings will vanish from the Earth’s point of view. The phenomenon occurs every 15 years. Host Marco Werman speaks with Larry Esposito, a professor ...

If you were to look at Saturn through a teelescope today, you’d be forgiven for being disapopinted: the rings that define the ...

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

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Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

Saturn takes about 29.4 Earth years to complete one orbit of our home star, according to NASA. As it does, the second largest planet in our solar system experiences seasons due to the axis of ...

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Astronomy enthusiasts have a final opportunity to witness a rare seven-planet alignment on February ... Following the alignment of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in the night ...

Venus will appear as the brightest planet in the sky, near the Pisces constellation. Mercury will be in the constellation Aquarius, near the sun and just above the western horizon. Saturn will ...

"If you look out west after sunset, very close to the sun will be the planet Saturn," Cooke said. "But it'll be so close, it'll be sort of lost in the twilight glare — so you'll need a pair of ...